Re: PCI express card that does AP mode? (abit wlp-01?)

Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-07-17T00:00:03Z

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Jouni Malinen<j@w1.fi> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 05:39:47PM +0100, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
>> "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>
>> writes:
>> > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k
>
>> Thanks, but I've seen that page and "products with supported ath9k
>> cards" points to a page that lists "Laptops with ath9k cards" (I'm
>> looking for PCIe, not mini-PCIe) and "APs with ath9k cards", not "ath9k
>> cards". Before I can buy a card, I need to know what it is called in the
>> shops (on-line or otherwise), not what chipset it has.
>
> I don't know how the product list ended up being split that way, but the
> "laptops" page does actually include number of D-Link adapters,
> including a PCIe desktop adapter (D-Link DWA-556) that seems to match
> the request. I saw it at Fry's last week and it does indeed look like a
> PCIe card.

Sorry that was my doing, I forgot there were a few external cards
available, I've updated the wiki to reflect this and added a new
external cards page:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/products/external

Luis